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EE 23-09: Writing a novel is easy as pie (if only pie were easy), 2/24/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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The creators of How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies talk with Earth Eats about their book.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 54:02
761: You're Not OK. That's OK. / 762: Writing The Climate Change Story, 1/21/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "You're Not OK. That's OK." - One of our producers created a yard sign. It reads: "You're not OK. That's OK." 300 signs later, it's causi...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
“The Future is Disabled”: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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“At the core of my work and life is the belief that disabled wisdom is the key to our survival and expansion,” shares Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasi...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Fallen Heroes 2022
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Thousands of social justice leaders in communities all over the world passed away this year. We're closing out the year, as we usually do, with in...

Bought by WXDU and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
(2023-01-04 Holiday Re-Air) How do we take a breath? Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ UNDROWNED
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Are you drowning? The start of the school year can be stressful for parents, teachers and students. And this year hasn’t been smooth sailing for ma...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
2022-11-13 In Search of Proust's Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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November 18 marks the centennial of the French writer's death.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, KMUN, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
2022-10-23 Philosophy and the Superhero
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Holy metaphysics, Batman!

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Kim Stanley Robinson: Writing the Future Story People Want
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can a novel become a catalyst to help us address impending climate disaster? That’s one question posed by the legendary Kim Stanley Robinson, in hi...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
2022-09-04 (End of) Summer Reading List: Banned Books Edition
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What thoughtful and controversial books do some people say other people shouldn’t read?

Bought by WLPR , KTSW 89.9, KMUN, WVTF, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2022-07-31 James Baldwin and Social Justice
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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The prolific writer and Civil Rights-era activist was born August 2, 1924.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2022
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 13
Sarah Smarsh Explores Class in Rural America
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sarah Smarsh, Credit: Paul Andrews
Sarah Smarsh discusses her book Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth which is 2022-2023 NEA Big Read...

Bought by KZUM, WMPG, WDCB, RADIOLEX, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
2022-07-17 Walter Benjamin and the Re-Enchanted World
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can we find enchantment without sacrificing reason?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
699: You're Not OK. That's OK. / 700: Difficult Summer Reading, 6/18/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "You're Not OK. That's OK." - One of our producers created a yard sign. It reads: "You're not OK. That's OK." 300 signs later, it's causi...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
2022-06-12 Jean-Paul Sartre
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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The father of Existentialism was born on June 21, 1905.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
NATO and the “Age of Disasters”: The Future of Crisis Management
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray sits down with Ivo Daalder, President of the Chicago Institute on Global Affairs and former US Ambassador to NATO, to discuss the alliance’s ev...

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 2
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
2022-05-29 The Scandalous Truth About Memoir
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Why should anyone read—let alone write—a memoir?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: May 30, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
2222: The Scandalous Truth About Memoir, 5/31/2022
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Why should anyone read—let alone write—a memoir?

  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
2202-03-13 Reading the Troubled Past
From: Philosophy Talk
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What should we do with literature and philosophy from a discredited moral past?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
2022-02-27 Is Postmodernism Really to Blame for Post-Truth?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Did postmodernism merely predict cynicism about the facts, or did it actually promote it?

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
How to Stop a Civil War (Before It Starts)
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray Suarez interviews acclaimed author Barbara Walter about the risk factors than can contribute to the outbreak of violence and civil war.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Arundhati Roy: Freedom, Fascism, Fiction and the Pandemic Portal
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Two years ago this month, the first cases of Covid-19 were reported in the United States. “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
2021-09-05 (End of) Summer Reading List
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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With summer ending and some parts of our lives returning to some kind of normal, what should thoughtful people be reading?

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KWMR, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2021-05-07 Climate Stories We Tell Ourselves
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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How do our identities and values shape the way we listen to others’ climate experience? Author Nathaniel Rich and journalist Meera Subramanian cove...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KICI Iowa City, and KOWS


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5